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Top Five Tallest Buildings in The Philippines
Construction of skyscraper in the Philippines is not highly recommended due to the fact that the country is situated in the Pacific Ring of Fire where volcanic eruptions and earthquakes are frequent. Nevertheless, there are still tall buildings in the country.
1.) PBCom Tower: Makati City
The Philippines? tallest building with a height of 259 meters is the PBCom in Ayala Avenue, Makati City.
Persian Love Poetry
Persian Love Poetry
A Review
Into the climate of linking and debunking the connection between the Middle East and violence come a truly magnificent examination of the rich culture of Persian poetry and art. Both Vesta Sarkhosh Curt
is and Sheila R. Canby are astute scholars of the region and of its art, and this compilation of love poetry is proof of that expertise. Curtis’ previous works included examined Persian myths, art and archeology while Canby’s have analyzed artistic depictions of Royal Persian paintings. Together, Curtis and Canby have created a fantastic tour of Persian culture useful to both the experienced student of the region and its art and the novice interested in broadening their horizons.
Curtis and Canby introduce the reader to the language and its changes over time, the forms of poetry unique to the Persian style, and most importantly, the influential artists whose works transcend time and culture. Important figures in Persian poetry as well as their history, mythology and stories are covered in brief, but fulfilling biographies; Men like Rumi, Hafiz, and Gurgani and women like Parvin Etesami and Raba’a Qazdari. These figures are not only important to Persian society, but to the world’s culture, as Curtis and Canby prove in their opening poem by Goethe (P. 7):
He who wants to understand the art of poetry
Must go to the land of poetry
He who wants to understand the poet
Must go to the poet’s country.
Each poem throughout the book is accompanied by Persian works of art, some of which evokes the mood of the poem perfectly; others serve to accentuate a feeling or a moment captured by the poem. The poems themselves are expressions not only of romantic love, but of all types of love in all its incarnation; pre-Islamic Sasanian heroic epics (P. 24), the courtly love of Farrukhi Sistani (Pp. 26), forlorn love of Jahan Malik Khatun (P. 60), and sensual and fiery like Raba’a Qazdari’s forbidden love (P. 16). The passion, the allegories, the emotion are all transmitted in an excellent translation of the original New Persian text, a boon to those who are unable to read the Farsi.
Persian Love Poetry illustrates concepts of the universality of love, the beauty of poetry and the timelessness of true art, regardless of origin, that are desperately needed in this growing age of uncertainty and rhetoric. It may come as a surprise to some who are not from Iran that poets such as Hafiz, of whom Goethe wrote so glowingly, are still revered and honored in their homeland, and their poetry is considered a national treasure. Are there not poet-laureates in every culture, whose words encapsulate the emotions and psyche of their time and place? Then why should Iran be any different? Curtis and Canby have compiled a first-rate scholarly work analyzing the art, poetry and literature of Persia into a work that can be enjoyed by any audience and have made a vital, spiritual and artistic connection between the Persia and the world.
Review: Persian Love Poetry by Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis and Sheila R. Canby Northhampton, Massachusetts: Interlink Books, 2006 95 p. .95 ISBN: 1-56656-628-2
Written by VetMichael
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What Is The Difference Between
What is the Difference between Tax Assessed Value and Market Value?
It is a common issue that most homeowners have when they buy, sell or get their tax bill in the mail a “What is the difference between Tax Accessed Value (“TAV”) and Fair Market Value (“FMV”)?”
This question and its answer are critical to your understanding why many property owners who appeal their taxes personally fail. This is not a surprise and most county tax appraisers (assessors) do not help the situation. REMEMBER, if you appeal and the basis for your appeal is not acceptable, you are declined and can not come back again for another year!
Fair Market Value is what a property should be able to be sold at in a market that is not under “distress”. Distress in this case means not an unusual amount of foreclosures, high or anticipated high unemployment in the region, a toxic waste dump nearby, flood plain, or other “issues: that could cause perspective buyers to look elsewhere for homes.
Appraising a property is a matter of looking at what other, “supposedly similar” properties have actually sold at within a limited area around your home, usually 1/4 to 1/2 mile or, preferably, within your subdivision. I would like to say this appraised value is an accurate estimate of what your home will sell for, but frankly, appraisals are to a large degree a subjective guess. Any appraiser will admit that his appraisal is based on his professionalism in estimating the value of your home but it is still a “best estimate” in his mind. Often two appraisals of the same property can be 10% or more apart. Comparable sales can not take into account the motivation of the seller or the condition of the interior of the property.
FMV is definitely not what your neighbor’s smaller home sold for plus an upgrade for your larger property. Most homes are purchased for emotional reasons or the practicality of living close to work or schools, etc. So a homeowner can get an appraisal, estimate his own FMV or ask friends, neighbors and real estate agents to mention a few sources. It is very likely that your personal guess, if supported by actually seeing the inside of properties for sale and ones that have sold and comparing these sales or listings or FSBO’s (For Sale By Owners) to your property, is as good, if not better than all those opinions above. For this exercise, let’s assume you have decided your property’s FMV is 0,000.
If the FMV is 0,000 what should the Tax Assessed Value be? Usually, the County Tax Assessor has a formula based on FMV to compute your TAV. This formula varies greatly from state to state and county to county, but in general it should be 80% of FMV LESS your deductions. Your deductions, where applicable, include exemptions for some or all of the following: widow or widower, senior citizen, handicapped, homesteaded property, veterans, combat injury, paralyzed partially or completely, blindness, and on and on. It is important that every homeowner review the full list of exemptions for his county or have a professional tax appealer do it for you, because each and every exemption is money in your pocket to which you are entitled. Florida has recently increased its homestead exemption from ,000 to ,000 per homesteaded household. This roughly means that the average homeowner will save an additional 0 – 0 a year in taxes.
The tax appraiser uses what he considers your FMV and multiples it by a multiplier of 80% to 90% of FMV. Here is an actual example for Broward County, Florida: FMV (your recent purchase price) of 0,000, TAV without homestead or any other exemption = 2,000 (84.8%). If you homestead your property, the TAX value drops to 2,500, HOWEVER, your School Board Taxable Value changes to 7,500.
If you are a Senior disabled Combat-wounded veteran, age 65, have at least a 10% disability rating, provide proof of combat injury, and a Florida resident at the time of entering the service, your property taxes are .00! There are numerous other full exemptions that you or a professional tax appealer should investigate immediately because you may be entitled to huge property tax savings.
If you purchased a home as a short sale or a foreclosure and got a great deal at well below FMV, your purchase price will not be considered as FMV. Instead, the tax assessor will use his “best estimate” based on other properties in the neighborhood. However, he will not take into account the repairs you had to make that could reduce your taxes substantially. Your professional tax appealer will be able to do this for you.
In the years following your home’s purchase, the tax assessor determines your assessed value by using a complicated mathematical formula that re-appraises all the properties in the county at one time. It has to be done this way because of the tens of thousands of properties and the minimal staff at the tax assessor’s office. In most cases this isn’t fair to the homeowner or commercial property owner but fewer than 2% of tax payers officially protest and fewer than 20% of those who do ever get a tax reduction. This is primarily because of a lack of understanding the appeals process and being able to reconstruct the necessary data for a successful appeal; your professional tax appealer can do all this for you.
In summary, the TAV of your home is usually a percentage of its FMV and under usual circumstances this will be 80% to 90% before exemptions. However, for short sale and foreclosure purchases it could be 200+% of your purchase price or more. Consult with a local professional tax appealer to make sure you are paying only your fair share of your property taxes.
Dave Dinkel is the President of Homeowners United, Inc. which is an advocacy group dedicated to helping property owners in every way possible. For more information and a free e-book detailing the tax appellate system, go to www.moneybacktoyou.com
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One of four advertisements promoting the term REALTOR, created by the Philadelphia Real Estate Board in 1941. From the Archives of the National Association of REALTORS®.
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Sandy, Pat, Todd and Kay at someone’s birthday party. Wonder when? Who took the picture? The "demon on the bike" sculpture might help date this. Guessing it could be Kay and Todd’s old apartment on Wake Forest.
Jessamine, Sandy, and Mez
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Sandy’s photo of Jessamine and Jason was printed in the local paper. Jessamine is pointing it out to Mez.
Grout Brushes With Swivel Joints
Austin, Texas (PRWEB) February 21, 2012
Swivel joints added to a grout brush make it far superior for cleaning between tile, according to a new report from Planet Amazing. The new Commercial Tile And Grout Cleaning Brush from Planet Amazing has a swivel joint that allows it to clean the small areas between tiles where dirt builds up.
According to consumer reviews of the product at Amazon.com, the grout brush is popular and has been rated five stars. The grout brush is used to clean grout (the substance between tiles that holds tile together and keeps it firmly in place on the floor). According to Justin Douglas of Planet Amazing, “We put some time into studying this process of cleaning tile and grout which is needed by nearly every home in the world. Most people don’t think about it, but tile is in almost every home, so this process we call grout clearning is actually very common. So we studied the best type of brush to use, it has a special swivel that cleans the corners of the grout and molds perfectly to the creases between tile, it is a specially designed brush. It can also be used on the kitchen and bathroom grout, pool deck area, garage, driveway, etc. It has stiff bristles that last and last and a tough and sturdy swivel joint.”
According to Wikipedia, “Grout is a construction material used to embed rebars in masonry walls, connect sections of pre-cast concrete, fill voids, and seal joints (like those between tiles). Grout is generally composed of a mixture of water, cement, sand, often color tint, and sometimes fine gravel (if it is being used to fill the cores of cement blocks). It is applied as a thick emulsion and hardens over time, much like its close relative mortar. Main varieties include: tiling grout (either urethane, cement-based or epoxy), flooring grout, resin grout, non-shrink grout, structural grout and thixotropic grout. Structural grout is used in reinforced masonry to fill voids in masonry housing reinforcing steel, securing the steel in place and bonding it to the masonry. Non-shrink grout is used beneath metal bearing plates to ensure a consistent bearing surface between the plate and its substrate. Tiling grout is used to fill the spaces between tiles or mosaics, and is often used to secure tile to its base. Although ungrouted mosaics do exist, most have grout between the tesserae.”
For more information, visit the Amazon.com sales page for the Planet Amazing Grout Brush, officially called the “New Commercial Tile And Grout Cleaning Brush”.
About Planet Amazing
PlanetAmazing.com is the premier manufacturer and distributor of a wide range of organic and inorganic ?GRAS? solutions that anyone?no matter their experience?can use to eliminate real everyday problems.
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